Guatemala- A Trip to Celebrate
To celebrate Eric graduating from Northwestern with both his MBA and his MEM we decided that we needed to take a trip to celebrate! The only obstacle we faced was a lack of funds, so while the initial planning begat an itinerary that included Southeast Asia and China, our budget plotted otherwise. We then put that trip to the back burner and hit the drawing board again. After a bit more research and a few more scrapped itineraries, we decided that we would take a 20 day trip to Guatemala. The flights and food are cheap and they have lakes, Mayan pyramid ruins and jungle, so tons to do. We bought our plane tickets for less than what we would pay to go across the US and started making reservations and reading our travel books in anticipation. At this point we had about 3 months till Eric graduated and we moved to Charlotte, North Carolina where Eric got a job in his ideal field of energy. We were busy with plans and saying goodbye to Chicago when we got 2 tickets to see Oprah in her las